genteel

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The Word of the Day for June 5 is:

genteel   \jen-TEEL\   adjective
    *1 a : having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish  
b : elegant or graceful in manner, appearance, or shape
     2 : maintaining the appearance of superior social status

Example sentence:
     Eleanor is a very genteel lady, always meticulously 
groomed, faultlessly polite, and thoroughly elegant in her 
manner.

Did you know?
     In Roman times, the Latin noun "gens" was used to refer to 
a clan, a group of related people. Its plural "gentes" was used 
to designate all the people of the world, particularly non-
Romans. An adjective form, "gentilis," applied to both senses. 
Over time, the adjective was borrowed and passed through several 
languages. It came into Old French as "gentil," a word that then 
meant "high-born" (in modern French it means "nice"); that term 
was carried over into Anglo-French, where English speakers found 
and borrowed it in the 16th century. Nowadays it is used to 
describe people or things that are of high social status or that 
simply give the appearance of being so. 

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.